Women in the fight against cuts
Unison has almost one million women members, who will be an important part of the current struggle to defend our pensions. The proposed changes will hit women hardest, since so many are working part-time to juggle caring responsibilities with work, and earning significantly less than men. Women receive significantly less than the average public sector pension which is, in any case, hardly extravagant at £7,800 a year. The average is £3,500 for women in the NHS and £2,700 for women in local government. Women also make up the majority (two-thirds) of public sector workers. Thus they have been...